

morning of Dee. 2. firing was heard upon the out- 



..- camp. The insurgents were imme- 



....- in Accordance with that* 



hurried '.rough a narrow defile in the forest, white 

 uid a few horsemen ad- 



Ihc S|iuard- 

 met the inurgrnt Army. 



r flrv ia volleys 

 nt ti i icing insurgent*, whose plan they 



M.,,,..^l ,i- 3 i..,! !.,, .- k 



li.-main- insurgent* am j 



! .fi.i 



aagi laid nM Is and < , 

 K& MM* ftM - - I 



Maceo thene* continued his rapid march 



, :.-". -..-.... . . . 



prtmor** to th. -.lira dr Mrliiu^ which ha 



took, and thence northward toward Havana. 



of the insurgents 



- 



' . 



. f !.. PSJH !.'.- .'..- '.. : 



The banditti, who had always 

 to have been carrying on a war *. 



a rank a* wall as 

 any 

 not p 



ai. a harvest of plon- 



.-.. r . i '.. rwwvfjsj . boi rwfcn Awi 

 MM tessmrt bfaft - .,-.-. .-,- 



of rn-rulU. 



nt the 



Gomes did not part id pale in so mach 



- west, *uu.i, 

 Spanish columns, whose 



nuinbsfii of 

 u ith a IOM 



escort, hi 



llyto 



,,f the 



with the 



<if th.- 

 I of r' . 



g their 



nsjngnnl 



*s|M!i!:ir' i- r> ' ir-.l. A *'.' ? !. 



WM in another direction, 



.inn. whi<-h he also 

 os ; thus the insorgents hnl t hr> 



iiiT -Inv. the? surprised nl cut up 

 ilk near Snnu Iabel de Ujan. 



ntr7. 



Tt Mfliep*: hut l.T 





nn inferior f.>n-< ^mM U- Mirpri-Mnl. Br a 

 tries of forced mnr < ft (nuip 



rear at ('..Ion with : 



izan pnivince. Hv tm-ais 



r oop ahrml nc 

 a series of y.igzag i 



Maceo was abl. ncf-ntrnt^l Spanish 



<omct wi; r^cmen made a 



else. .A- 



iriu^l the town, nnd with n ^kinm-h 

 M-mon hold in -hr-k V.V" 



then mlo a rrtro- 



frrade morement to \M Villas, and again entrrrl 



tion <>f Ci.TifupgoH after flre dars of 



continual man Citing for the 



tnnt Mito plann. thcr 



Uatansas noath 



--ops. in whi.-h thor lout 10 killed 

 -7 wounded thus far their most serious en- 



potic, he sottirht to claim 



ho he well knew would not 



Spanish troops with prorbion*. 

 of an - . .tMonnl nt.fortun.tr. he hoped to 

 these decrees ' -.nr to the 



cane fields ami railroads, he 



it 



KM. he unite<l with Maceo near Punta 

 Brava. a dozen mil.- from Havana, and Miro re- 

 ports that the cnncentrat. 



men. A a* decidetl that Gomes should keep 



up his ta.-ti. > of moving about with his escort, 

 while the hulk of the force should rrlur 

 tril.u Matanas. Maceo. with 4.000 



hi* original or 



westernmost province of Pinar del 

 This plan was immedtatelv put into execu- 

 tion. The Spanish military authorities were un- 

 j.r.-|.r.-d for any -u.-h movement, and while a col- 

 umn under the command of Gen. (Jama Navarm 

 was sent in pursuit of Maceo. others were sent 

 after (ioinez. Maceo'* advance into I'mar d 



., .--'. - ... . . .... . 



that (Jarcia Navarro'* column could not 

 him. whil 



.! to his surging 



ally being increased by the r u tna. who looked 



upon the multitude as already ha >ha's 



freedom. Maceo** rapid movement continued along 



rth .-,> ry la*t towns of Guane 



and Mantua, where his raids became more like a 



triumphal |.n--r*ion. the people rising * ma~* to 



Mantua be swept southward to 



Rio,andthesjQt 



d hi* march along the southern highway 

 i. >ard Havana. At Rsso Real he was taken by 

 umn Gen. l.u.jur. and thence 

 HI* but indect*ive battle of Paso 

 White the Stianiani* remained in |iriSJtssioB 

 nmrrhl awav. and with col- 

 ll. where 



he wa* rerrn wl wit h demonstration* of joy even by 

 i not favor his cause. He then 

 mlelarta. which city had 

 to receive him : but a* he 







ria Navarro'* column muld not get up to 



le the surprised garrisons in front of him ear- 



to his saivinf horde, which wa* contino- 



failed t. force it* mrrrnder. and the pnrraing col- 

 umn* can he took t. fl>.-h. 

 Satia* Marin had hastily formed another trocha 

 acrnNi the narrow |iart of :> . inland between Mariel 

 and Majana, to prerent Maceo** forces 



